@ Dipsh t Admin
You should read your link before posting. Questions are about whether to buy the family pack or not and how to place your order.
Snow Leopard went super on our 4 Intel Macs.
Contrast that with the 5 hours trying to install Windows 7 with the student download. Silly error messages and then it would not install over XP.
Upon downloading from the Microsoft Student Website, I get 3 files. These are:
Win7-P-Retail-en-us-x64.exe
setup1.box
setup2.box
I double click on "Win7-P-Retail-en-us-x64.exe" and I get the message "Unloading the Box". Once the status bar reaches the end, I get the following error:
"We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only".
I click on OK. Regardless of the fact that I received the above error message, I now have a new folder called "expandedSetup".
Within this folder are lots and lots of complicated looking files, stored within many other sub folders.
However, in the root of "expandedSetup" is a file called "setup.exe". I double click on this file, and I get the following error message:
"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running.
Apparently refunds are now being offered. I am getting one.
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/31093-digital-river-refund...

I was so hoping to have better news to share, but with all the conflicting reports and my own troubles testing this while on the road, it's been a messy 24 hours. However, after staying up late last night and working through a few different scenarios

So, by Paul's own admission, a Windows 7 installation experience includes "a messy 24 hours" ,"being up all night" --and a registry hack.
Heh, heh, what was that song? Oh yeah, "It's the final countdown....."

UPDATE 2/28/11: Just a head’s up- there is a anti-registry hack Microsoft patch called KB971033 which was designed to ‘repair registry tampering for activation’. If you follow the rules within your post, consider viewing each patch bundle before starting the Windows Update INSTALL. If you see the patch for KB971033, 1) uncheck it and then 2) HIDE it to get the Windows Update shield to turn Green. You need to do patch hide before you attempt Method #2.I have performed this install with Upgrade Family Pack Home Premium media on no less than a dozen systems originally shipping with an OEM version of XP and Vista, clean custom install in Windows 7, and your Method #2 will work.If you already allowed the patch to install, there is a great write up on Geekmontage reviewing some alternatives. “How to UNINSTALL Windows 7 Activation Update: KB971033 and REACTIVATE with SP1?The link to this is tinyurl dot com slash gmontage971033